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1. Anna Leonowens Anna Leonowens Writer, Anna and the King Anna Edwards was born in India in 1834, the daughter of a cabinetmaker who died three months before her birth. Her mother then remarried to officer in the Engineers who sent Anna and her sister, Eliza, to a school in England. The girls returned to India as teenagers and Anna escaped her stepfather's...
2. Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington Actor, By Right of Birth
3. John Bunny John Bunny Actor, A Cure for Pokeritis When John Bunny died the New York Times stated, "The name John Bunny will always be linked to the movies." Little did movie fans of 1915 realize that he would be completely forgotten the next year and completely omitted from many books on silent movies 70-80 years later. Bunny was the ninth in a line of English sea captains and would be the first not to follow in that profession...
4. Alexander Scriabin Alexander Scriabin Soundtrack, Barfly Alexander Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who invented the first colour keyboard and notation for lights and colors based on his scale of Synesthetic colors. His symphony 'Prometheus: The Poem of Fire' (1910) was the first composition in history which included notation for lights and colors...
5. Charles Frohman Charles Frohman Miscellaneous Crew, The Beautiful Adventure Many people today know the names of George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., but Charles Frohman, though lesser known, reigned supreme in the theatrical world for over a generation. From a young age Frohman's heart and soul belonged in the theatre. His lower-middle-class family moved from Sandusky, Ohio...
6. William V. Ranous William V. Ranous Actor, King Lear
7. Elmer Booth Elmer Booth Actor, The Musketeers of Pig Alley
8. Porfirio Díaz Porfirio Díaz Self, Fiestas presidenciales en Mérida Porfirio Diaz, known for his long and autocratic rule of Mexico and his disdain for the poorer classes, was actually born into a lower-middle-class Spanish / Mixtec Indian family in Oaxaca. His father was a blacksmith and an innkeeper and died when Diaz was only three years old. He was educated by the Catholic church in what was to be his preparation for entering the priesthood...
9. Louis Pergaud Louis Pergaud Writer, War of the Buttons
10. Vasili Goncharov Vasili Goncharov Director, Oborona Sevastopolya
11. Charles Klein Charles Klein Writer, Furlough on Word of Honor
12. Morgan Robertson Morgan Robertson Writer, Masters of Men American short story writer and novelist, was born the son of Andrew Robertson, a ship captain on the Great Lakes, and Amelia (Glassford) Robertson. Morgan went to sea as a cabin boy and was in the merchant service from 1866 to 1877, rising to first mate. Tiring of life at sea, he studied jewelry making at Cooper Union in New York City and worked for 10 years as a diamond setter...
13. Gaston Méliès Gaston Méliès Producer, Under the Stars and Bars
14. Alfred G. Vanderbilt Alfred G. Vanderbilt Self, Coaching for a Record
15. Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Elizabeth Braddon Writer, Lady Audley's Secret
16. Vaja-Pshavela Vaja-Pshavela Writer, Vedreba
17. William West William West Actor, At Bear Track Gulch
18. Elbert Hubbard Elbert Hubbard Writer, A Message to Garcia
19. Gopal Krishna Gokhale Gopal Krishna Gokhale Self, Gopal Krishna Indian politician and social reformer. Born in Kotluk, Bombay, in 1866, he became Professor of History at Fergusson College, Poona, resigning in 1904, when he was selected representative of the Bombay legislative council at the supreme council. He founded the Servants of India Society in 1905 to work for the relief of the underprivileged...
20. Frank James Frank James Self, The James Gang: Outlaw Brothers
21. Guy du Maurier Guy du Maurier Writer, Mad Men of Europe
22. Charles Plamondon Charles Plamondon Uncategorised
23. Akaki Tsereteli Akaki Tsereteli Writer, Bashi-Achuki
24. Edwin R. Phillips Edwin R. Phillips Actor, The Black Sheep
25. Blanche Walsh Blanche Walsh Actress, Resurrection
26. Antony Mars Antony Mars Writer, Chaste Susan
27. James Tanner James Tanner Writer, A Gaiety Duet
28. W.G. Grace W.G. Grace Self, Cambridge University v. London Cricket Club
29. Andrew Sheridan Burt Andrew Sheridan Burt Self, 25th Infantry
30. John C. Rice John C. Rice Actor, The Kiss
31. David Miles David Miles Actor, The Lonely Villa
32. John Davis Long John Davis Long Self, President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol
33. Jerzy Zulawski Jerzy Zulawski Writer, On the Silver Globe
34. Hugh Lane Hugh Lane Uncategorised
35. Rolf Boldrewood Rolf Boldrewood Writer, Robbery Under Arms
36. Luis Coloma Luis Coloma Writer, Jeromín
37. George Fitch George Fitch Writer, Those Were the Days! George Helgesen Fitch was an American humorist who is best remembered for his book "At Good Old Siwash" (1911), a collection of eleven stories that first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. Drawn from his student days at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, Fitch told of the exploits of the big Swede, Ole Skjarsen and the Eta Bita Pie fraternity...
38. Walter Turszinsky Walter Turszinsky Writer, The Pride of the Firm
39. Lincoln Beachey Lincoln Beachey Self, Niagara Falls Celebration
40. Gaston Arman de Cavaillet Gaston Arman de Cavaillet Writer, Ihana seikkailu
41. Will E. Sheerer Will E. Sheerer Actor, The Wondrous Melody
42. Luigi Capuana Luigi Capuana Writer, Malìa
43. Paul d'Ivoi Paul d'Ivoi Writer, The Five Cents of Lavarede
44. József Dezsö József Dezsö Actor, Gazdag ember kabátja
45. W.W. Denslow W.W. Denslow Art Department, Oz: The American Fairyland
46. Marshall P. Wilder Marshall P. Wilder Actor, The Widow's Might
47. R.A. Roberts R.A. Roberts Actor, Auld Robin Gray
48. James Berry James Berry Actor, Richard III
49. Justus Miles Forman Justus Miles Forman Writer, The Face Between Justus Miles Forman was born on 1st November 1875 in Le Roy, New York, USA. He went to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and graduated in 1898. He was a successful writer and Playwright. On 7th May 1915, he was on board the Lusitania when it was torpedoed by the German submarine, U-20. The liner sank in eighteen minutes taking the lives of 1,178 of the 1,952 aboard...
50. Mary Plamondon Mary Plamondon Uncategorised
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